List of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses

[Yakamoto]

I hadn't found HASHOCEAN and COINCE. Firstly Hashocean ran away directly without any warning sop it's a scam and i had left coince after hearing that the site had stopped paying money to user. And also minor sites like bitcodaily and altriacoin had also scanned many user.

I personally thought a majority of people within the Bitcoin ecosystem had heard about hashocean and what happened with them, so I don't think it is as important to write down as some of the other, more obscure scams and thefts we've seen recently.

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[Timelord2067]

Some random obs:

I have seen many references to Bitfunder and Intersango as two notable scams.

Bitfunder and other ventures by @Ukyo were connectes to the Neo&Bee collapse.  On thread about them: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=640717.0

An Intersango thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=323682.20  I think there was another one, can't find it now.

The SheepMarketplace coins were tracked through tumblers etc. by volunteers for some time, but apparently they got tired so now the coins seem to be "lost in the crowd".

There is a thread about LKETC, manufacturers of mining equipment, with claims that the controlling software that comes with the machines steals 10% of the mined coins: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=640717.0

The SheepMarketPlace Wallet https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/SheepMarketplace still has a balance (22/12/2016) of BTC 23.45590793 in it - $ 19,080 USD according to preev.com - the funds have lain idle since 2015-06-22 21:27:59 while the last withdrawal from any Wallet Address was 2013-12-01 11:43:22 for BTC 6.00 https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/7e801d8e35c5a6e75434b387c6b19c087e65459faf35086b16f184edaff5eb44 to Wallet Address 1EisbcGAhDENjwG44WXypA2Mfqpk6LgrNf giving a balance of BTC 869.6 which was then slowly wihdrawn over a handful of weeks.

1EisbcGAhDENjwG44WXypA2Mfqpk6LgrNf is part of Wallet [029182b96c] https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/029182b96c1c78c7/addresses with just six Wallet Addresses - they are:

Code:

1EisbcGAhDENjwG44WXypA2Mfqpk6LgrNf	0.000877   	31	284358
15B3MA1psGfSUDpFJPDWtxF1jJ7WjGqmDB	0.         	1	280689
195XWdhxYpxKNJqhuzXzgeW3FMqy8ANT1R	0.         	1	278084
13BN9yxr1kvgkCc2sqqJQ4zbXxmVxfxvMN	0.         	1	277930
16FskYJPht8K7Rr58p2ZfQN1HBVzSWWySX	0.         	1	277930
12Xpy2cTP8SFk5jW38FvtAN4LfudQuzHkC	0.         	1	274308

[dree12]

Thank you all for your continued interest. Regrettably, I do not have time to maintain this list into the future.

I would edit a disclaimer into the first post that this list dates from 2014 and is hence quite out of date, but the forum software is not allowing me to. I will preserve the post for historical purposes.

[HR]

With last night's delistings of several coins recently pumped on their exchange, and their subsequent crashes, is Poloniex giving us early warning signs that they are looking to get on this list?

[metropolia]

With last night's delistings of several coins recently pumped on their exchange, and their subsequent crashes, is Poloniex giving us early warning signs that they are looking to get on this list?

Poloniex did delist altcoins in 3-4 months from 2015, it is not a new case. For recent pump on small and shit altcoins, sorry for your loss. You gambled with small alts, so be strong. Don't cry.

[HR]

With last night's delistings of several coins recently pumped on their exchange, and their subsequent crashes, is Poloniex giving us early warning signs that they are looking to get on this list?

Poloniex did delist altcoins in 3-4 months from 2015, it is not a new case. For recent pump on small and shit altcoins, sorry for your loss. You gambled with small alts, so be strong. Don't cry.

Your assumption only demonstrates your ignorance and/or bias. I lost zero. First, don't project your stupidity on others, and secondly, try being less of a psychopath and a little more considerate of your fellow human beings, because somebody did lose, and I'll bet you're at least smart enough to know that it wasn't Poloniex, aren't you? Smart guy. People like you are part of the problem. If you can't see the prima facie evidence, i.e. major pumps + late night announcement to delist + crashes across the board on the coins in question, then you are either stupid or a crook.

Care to respond again?

If what you try to use as a smoke and mirror argument to justify their actions has any validity at all, please explain the timing and handling. Oh, right, you're going to tell me they have their customers' best interests in mind?

Again, I'd say people like you are laughable if it wasn't such a serious problem.

Care to trying coming in again and trying that out with a different attitude this time? Or are my initial impressions about you correct?

[metropolia]

With last night's delistings of several coins recently pumped on their exchange, and their subsequent crashes, is Poloniex giving us early warning signs that they are looking to get on this list?

Poloniex did delist altcoins in 3-4 months from 2015, it is not a new case. For recent pump on small and shit altcoins, sorry for your loss. You gambled with small alts, so be strong. Don't cry.

Your assumption only demonstrates your ignorance and/or bias. I lost zero. First, don't project your stupidity on others, and secondly, try being less of a psychopath and a little more considerate of your fellow human beings, because somebody did lose, and I'll bet you're at least smart enough to know that it wasn't Poloniex, aren't you? Smart guy. People like you are part of the problem. If you can't see the prima facie evidence, i.e. major pumps + late night announcement to delist + crashes across the board on the coins in question, then you are either stupid or a crook.

Care to respond again?

If what you try to use as a smoke and mirror argument to justify their actions has any validity at all, please explain the timing and handling. Oh, right, you're going to tell me they have their customers' best interests in mind?

Again, I'd say people like you are laughable if it wasn't such a serious problem.

Care to trying coming in again and trying that out with a different attitude this time? Or are my initial impressions about you correct?

Ignorance? Hilarious, there are so many unfair things in the world, many ICO scams in here, but where are you? I am altcoin scam buster and hate scams, I saved many ppl to be scammed. You can't blame me with so dirty worlds, you moron.

Poloniex is the best one, they have delisted coins since 2015, only a few cried, in crypto world, always winners and losers. Forget the thing and move on.

[Meuh6879]

Can you upgrade (bitfinex for example) ?  Thanks.

[SiFi]

With last night's delistings of several coins recently pumped on their exchange, and their subsequent crashes, is Poloniex giving us early warning signs that they are looking to get on this list?

No

[Timelord2067]

You can add DirectBet.EU to the list of scammers - closed on the 21st of May 2017, no refunds of bets in play.  http://archive.is/KaESc#selection-429.0-435.14

Their UID here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=207436

[rifiuti]

This is an important topic. OP should update it.

[Evilmorty69]

Thanks so much for information!!! Can you say something about Confideal? I've heard that it's good investment.

[Janitor]

BetsOfBitco.in is probably among top 40 - the scammer ran away with funds from unresolved bets.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/211yss/betsofbitcoin_down_probably_stolen_users_coins/

[ElectricSheep]

If anyone is still monitoring this thread, I have continued on this list via a Github repo which I invite you all to come contribute any scams, hacks, thefts etc. that I have missed.

https://github.com/Electricsheep01/proof-of-keys/blob/master/README.md

Looking forward to your feedback / contributions 

-Sheep

[Last of the V8s]

If anyone is still monitoring this thread, I have continued on this list via a Github repo which I invite you all to come contribute any scams, hacks, thefts etc. that I have missed.
https://github.com/Electricsheep01/proof-of-keys/blob/master/README.md
Looking forward to your feedback / contributions 
-Sheep

ugh github
but still, nice

[Timelord2067]

No one else seems to have posted the two Cryptopia hacks, one cluster last year and another more published cluster of hacks this year.

I'm keeping a list of Cryptopia - ONLINE ARTICLES related to hack & theft of funds 2019 it's not an open discussion forum, but there's a link to that open discussion forum in the OP.

[Nellayar]

This is what I don't want in cryptocurrency. Many people are taking advantage the system. They hack or scam the people whom just here because of the possibility that they might earn. Many people and even the cryptocurrency itself are destroyed because of the scammy issues happening in our industry. I hope it will be lessen or stopped because even I have the phobia of hacks.

[ElectricSheep]

If anyone is still monitoring this thread, I have continued on this list via a Github repo which I invite you all to come contribute any scams, hacks, thefts etc. that I have missed.
https://github.com/Electricsheep01/proof-of-keys/blob/master/README.md
Looking forward to your feedback / contributions 
-Sheep

ugh github
but still, nice

I'll eventually get it up on a website but Github for now whilst the list is being finished off.

[akeegan]

That is a great detailed list. Have you read or seen CipherTrace AML report? Good reference for more info regarding scams details and loss: https://ciphertrace.com/q2-2019-cryptocurrency-anti-money-laundering-report/

[Ivlos]

wow that is a lot of money stolen...